From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Italian
adj : of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people
or culture or language; "Italian cooking" [syn:
Italian]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Italy [syn: Italian]
2: the Romance language spoken in Italy [syn: Italian]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Italian \I*tal"ian\, a. [Cf. F. italien, It. italiano. Cf.
Italic.]
Of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language.
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Italian cloth a light material of cotton and worsted; --
called also farmer's satin.
Italian iron, a heater for fluting frills.
Italian juice, Calabrian liquorice.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Italian \I*tal"ian\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Italy.
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2. The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.
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